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the u.s. until very recently liked to think that the dark times were in the past. and that religious violence was somewhere else. in society's more allegedly primitive, less characterized by heritage of christian values. today we have many reasons to doubt that come complacent self-assessment. it calls for critical self-examination as we try to uncover the roots of ugly fears and suspicious that currently disfigure all western democrats. in april 2011, a law took affect in france according to which it is illegal to cover the face in any public space from parks to marketplaces to shops. although the law does not mention the words women, muslim, boar can, or even israelied, it was introduced by president as a ban on muslim vailing which according to him imprisons women and threatens french values of dignity and equality. the new law rear renders. have adopted some type of restriction. on april 28, 2011, the belgium voted far similar ban although the law is expected to be challenged before the co
the u.s. until very recently liked to think that the dark times were in the past. and that religious violence was somewhere else. in society's more allegedly primitive, less characterized by heritage of christian values. today we have many reasons to doubt that come complacent self-assessment. it calls for critical self-examination as we try to uncover the roots of ugly fears and suspicious that currently disfigure all western democrats. in april 2011, a law took affect in france according to...
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are you are u.s. citizen or a mexican? i said, i am -- [inaudible] now, tonight on fox news, talking with senator alan, she's found 17 that maybe perhaps saw it and found or documented it, but we don't know, 17 -- there's been 17 korans found on the border. want to stop hezbollah from coming in. steve submit moved here from the midwest. it's all new. arizona, it's just all new, and the thing that bothers me is punch 2 for ease -- espanola bothers me. we're going to build our own arizona state law, and it's going to be expensive, but we'll have arizona extreme makeover. we're going to use prison labor to make it really cheap. tonight, we're talking with the sheriff, the tougherrest shall have in america. [speaking spanish] joe, you should understand these imgrants. exclusive if they want to live together. they don't want to follow our laws. on glenn beck tonight, and i don't understand the people, illegal is illegal, joe, and so, i mean, tell the audience, i mean, tell them how you know they're illegal. well, i don't know,
are you are u.s. citizen or a mexican? i said, i am -- [inaudible] now, tonight on fox news, talking with senator alan, she's found 17 that maybe perhaps saw it and found or documented it, but we don't know, 17 -- there's been 17 korans found on the border. want to stop hezbollah from coming in. steve submit moved here from the midwest. it's all new. arizona, it's just all new, and the thing that bothers me is punch 2 for ease -- espanola bothers me. we're going to build our own arizona state...
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but the subtitle is boom and bust in the u.s. that is the way the economy affects our lives and the way the economy gets into our very bodies. it is a book about my arrival in the winter of 1997 when i was broke. i was also broken. and i was on drugs. i was in mexico city where i had gone under a book contract from new york. i got an advance from a new york publisher to write a book. it was a dream come true. in mexico city, by november of 1997, i had crossed the deadline and i didn't have a word written. and i was broke. and i called the only friend i could count on at that time. my lifestyle ruined a lot of friendships. and i said, aria, help me, porfavor. there are a whole lot of circumstances. how did she wind up in the desert? welcome everybody has a story of how they got there. she said we will take care of you, we will give you a place to live. shortly thereafter, i arrived in the desert, and one of the first things that i saw when i rented my little shack out in the sand next to a sign that said the next service is 100 mi
but the subtitle is boom and bust in the u.s. that is the way the economy affects our lives and the way the economy gets into our very bodies. it is a book about my arrival in the winter of 1997 when i was broke. i was also broken. and i was on drugs. i was in mexico city where i had gone under a book contract from new york. i got an advance from a new york publisher to write a book. it was a dream come true. in mexico city, by november of 1997, i had crossed the deadline and i didn't have a...
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i ended up starting along the border is the u.s. border patrol agent, going through the ranks and then i started using what i felt was a talent that i was blessed with it being able to integrate drug cartels, human smuggling cartels. and i did more undercover work in more criminal cases than any federal agent in the history of our government over a 30 year career. i'm very happy to share those experiences because they very unique. i was the only federal agent experienced being smuggled as a foreigner from mexico to the interior of the united states, going to travel by myself in the back of a u-haul, a chunk of a car can think of that nature. so it was quite dramatic, but it was something i did with a lot of pride because i went after those who abuse those seeking a better life in the united states and a share those stories with you in ibook, "the shadow catcher." >> there's many powerful moments that you describe. i'm wondering if you could share a couple of those with less. one that i'm thinking in particular is the juncture where
i ended up starting along the border is the u.s. border patrol agent, going through the ranks and then i started using what i felt was a talent that i was blessed with it being able to integrate drug cartels, human smuggling cartels. and i did more undercover work in more criminal cases than any federal agent in the history of our government over a 30 year career. i'm very happy to share those experiences because they very unique. i was the only federal agent experienced being smuggled as a...
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been left behind who later come to the u.s. to be reunited with their parents and we don't talk about how immigration breaks out families and and, you know, it takes a toll on the whole family. so this is one of the reasons why i wanted to write about this because, you know, it's something that is -- it's an experience that definitely scared me, that has really shaped the woman i am today, and then also it's an experience that i think right now with the dreamers, you know, with the young undocumented people who are fighting to get their legal status, i felt it was an important story in terms of giving people an inside to what their situation might be like and i touch upon the fact that, you know, my family benefited from the amnesty of 1980, i had a green card by the time i was 14. so the moment i got my green card, you know, the whole world just opened up to me and there were so many possibilities that came my way that i was able to jump on because i had a green card. and i would really love to see this happen to the dreamers,
been left behind who later come to the u.s. to be reunited with their parents and we don't talk about how immigration breaks out families and and, you know, it takes a toll on the whole family. so this is one of the reasons why i wanted to write about this because, you know, it's something that is -- it's an experience that definitely scared me, that has really shaped the woman i am today, and then also it's an experience that i think right now with the dreamers, you know, with the young...
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she came to the u.s. and you didn't know it. >> right. and, you know, my mother has not changed a whole lot. she still is like that in a way. where she does things and we don't fit in to the equation sometimes and it's been a struggle to try to get her to be a little more motherly. but yeah, i think at this point, we have come to accept that's the way she is. and we just take her as she is and i think that if helps we're not disappointed. but i do hope that, you know, that could be a better grandmother and i know people change. i know, my good grandmother, my mother said she wasn't such a great mother to her, but to us, she was a most wonderful grandmother in the world. so i'm hoping that that is the way my children feel for her as well. that she's, you know, an awesome grandmother and that's automatic that i -- that's all i want, you know, for my kids to have a good relationship with her. >> has your mother been able to read this book or does she know what is in it? >> she hasn't been able to read the book in english. my mother does not
she came to the u.s. and you didn't know it. >> right. and, you know, my mother has not changed a whole lot. she still is like that in a way. where she does things and we don't fit in to the equation sometimes and it's been a struggle to try to get her to be a little more motherly. but yeah, i think at this point, we have come to accept that's the way she is. and we just take her as she is and i think that if helps we're not disappointed. but i do hope that, you know, that could be a...
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strong u.s. dollar, monetary policy. that is the intersection. if i could jump at the intersection when it comes to democrats is civil liberties. let's repeal the patriot act. would have never signed the national defense authorization act allowing for you and i to be arrested and detained without being charged by the u.s. government. let's bring around marriage equality and get out of afghanistan tomorrow, bring the troops home. lets in the drug wars. these are democratic issues, historically democratic issues but they aren't going anywhere today. just like republicans historically, their shoes have been about dollars and cents. neither one of the parties do well in the areas that they are supposed to do well. they are horrible in the areas that they don't do well then, meaning romney is horrible on civil liberties and obama is horrible when it comes to dollars and cents. >> as a libertarian is it a little tougher to get media attention away from the two-party system especially as the campaign goes on this far? >> for myself personally actually t
strong u.s. dollar, monetary policy. that is the intersection. if i could jump at the intersection when it comes to democrats is civil liberties. let's repeal the patriot act. would have never signed the national defense authorization act allowing for you and i to be arrested and detained without being charged by the u.s. government. let's bring around marriage equality and get out of afghanistan tomorrow, bring the troops home. lets in the drug wars. these are democratic issues, historically...
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the u.s. 80 -- navy and spend four years in the military and applied for the u.s. border patrol and i was blessed with a tremendous career, tremendous family. i ended up along the border as u.s. border patrol agents going through the ranks and started using what i felt was a talent i was blessed with, being able to infiltrate drug cartels, human smuggling cartels and did more undercover work than any federal agent in the history of the government's over a 30 year career and i am happy to share those experiences because they are unique because i was the only federal agent who experienced being smuggled from mexico to the interior of the united states, going through travels by myself in the back of the trunk of a car, things of that nature. it was quite dramatic but something i did with a lot of pride because i felt going after those seeking a better life in the united states i share those stories with you in my book the shadow catcher. >> there are many powerful moments you describe. i am wonde
the u.s. 80 -- navy and spend four years in the military and applied for the u.s. border patrol and i was blessed with a tremendous career, tremendous family. i ended up along the border as u.s. border patrol agents going through the ranks and started using what i felt was a talent i was blessed with, being able to infiltrate drug cartels, human smuggling cartels and did more undercover work than any federal agent in the history of the government's over a 30 year career and i am happy to share...
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the u.s. government looked the other way. sheridan and sherman repeatedly advocated letting the army managed the reservations. but they were foiled by the indian bureau and its contractors, lobbyists and congressional supporters. in 1878, sheridan vented his frustration to sherman, writing we have occupied the country, taken away the lovely domain, destroyed its herds of game, and then up on reservations, and reduced them to poverty. for humanity's sake, let us give them enough to eat and integrity in the agents over them. sheridan questioned whether treaties, military campaigns have been the best way to deal with the plains indians. might've been better, sheridan row, if the indians had received kind treatment, ministered with steadiness and justice. in 1872, yellowstone became the first national park. sheridan had always shown a keen interest in the region. .. bye neglect killing thousands. the geysers were routinely bad brutalized. the parks would be protected, expanded and preserved for big game. he called on the congress
the u.s. government looked the other way. sheridan and sherman repeatedly advocated letting the army managed the reservations. but they were foiled by the indian bureau and its contractors, lobbyists and congressional supporters. in 1878, sheridan vented his frustration to sherman, writing we have occupied the country, taken away the lovely domain, destroyed its herds of game, and then up on reservations, and reduced them to poverty. for humanity's sake, let us give them enough to eat and...
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breaking of foreign regulation, a law in india they were accused of breaking and penalized and the u.s. for breaking a law in india does the kind of stories we write about. >> how come we haven't heard about that before? >> some of them you have. one of them is the case of a couple selling bunnies in a little town in missouri. there were fined $90,000 for having the wrong permit. the government said, hey, you can pay on our website, $90,000. if you don't take in 30 days 00s over $3 million. this is the kind of stuff that your government is doing to bully people demand we, frankly, think it needs to stop. they did the same with compass getting people's land insane, you can build on it because it's a wet land even though there is no water or stream or pond on the land. >> as a senator what can you do to change policy? >> we have looked as some of these things, and we know constructive legislation to try to fix them. like on the wetlands we save, the clean water act says you cannot discharge pollutants into navigable waters. i don't have any problem with that, but your backyard is not ine
breaking of foreign regulation, a law in india they were accused of breaking and penalized and the u.s. for breaking a law in india does the kind of stories we write about. >> how come we haven't heard about that before? >> some of them you have. one of them is the case of a couple selling bunnies in a little town in missouri. there were fined $90,000 for having the wrong permit. the government said, hey, you can pay on our website, $90,000. if you don't take in 30 days 00s over $3...
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>> yes derek she came to the u.s. and you didn't even know what? >> right. and you know, my mother has not changed a whole lot. shia still like that in a way, you know, where she does things and we don't fit into the equation sometimes, and it's been a struggle to try to get her to be a little more motherly, but yes, i think i have accepted that's the way she is and we just take her as she is, and i think that it helps because then we are not disappointed. but i do hope that, yeah, that she could be a better grandmother. i know people change, i know my own, my good grandmother, my mother said she wasn't such a great mother to her, but to us she was a most wonderful grandmother in the world. so i'm hoping that that's the way my children feel for her as well, that she's an awesome grandmother. and that's all, that's all, that's all i want, you do, for my kids to have a good relationship with her. >> reyna grande, azure mother been able to read this book or does she know what is in? >> she hasn't been able to read the book because it's in english. and my mother
>> yes derek she came to the u.s. and you didn't even know what? >> right. and you know, my mother has not changed a whole lot. shia still like that in a way, you know, where she does things and we don't fit into the equation sometimes, and it's been a struggle to try to get her to be a little more motherly, but yes, i think i have accepted that's the way she is and we just take her as she is, and i think that it helps because then we are not disappointed. but i do hope that, yeah,...
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grant when he became president but he signed things u.s. grand. i don't know if there is a memory of my own childhood that grew me to grant but in the neighborhood i grew up in, in portland, ore. there was a public park and the sign on the public park was u.s. grant park. for the longest time i thought this was the federally owned park granted to the city for some reason or other. that is part of the answer. the other answer is i had a hard time convincing the people who designed the dust jacket to get all the words on there that are already on their. the man who -- "the man who saved the union," ulysses grant, the man who saved the union war and peace is a lot of words and especially with a photograph. i didn't want to push things. one last thing. ulysses grant sort of rolls off the tongue. add an s, ulysses s. grant, it really wasn't an oversight. it was by design. >> a more substantive question about the title. it is called "the man who saved the union". i get that, he was the general who turned the tide of the civil war, saving the union but w
grant when he became president but he signed things u.s. grand. i don't know if there is a memory of my own childhood that grew me to grant but in the neighborhood i grew up in, in portland, ore. there was a public park and the sign on the public park was u.s. grant park. for the longest time i thought this was the federally owned park granted to the city for some reason or other. that is part of the answer. the other answer is i had a hard time convincing the people who designed the dust...
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but at a house energy subcommittee beating last may chairmen ginger arden said to willard "u.s. gaming guy in charge of making a final decision to proofread the e-mail your chairmen would send to the white house chief of staff. there was no political involvement? >> of another coincidence alone receives final approval one month after the proofreading request that e-mails could be seen from his personal account nine department of energy. after all it a political appointee knows the white house chief of staff met it is a loan with the portfolio he will deal with it. then it is made no the white house involvement with bright source was not isolated. publishing e-mails shows that the biden and the staff advocating four solyndra the received a $528 million of loan guarantees before declaring bigger seat september 2011. it was rushed through in 2009 supplies president biden could appear at the opening on september 4th. august 34 staged august 31st and communications aide asked them to speeded up. there was pushed back from the omb. the chief replied "would prefer that this announcemen
but at a house energy subcommittee beating last may chairmen ginger arden said to willard "u.s. gaming guy in charge of making a final decision to proofread the e-mail your chairmen would send to the white house chief of staff. there was no political involvement? >> of another coincidence alone receives final approval one month after the proofreading request that e-mails could be seen from his personal account nine department of energy. after all it a political appointee knows the...
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we have had some -- the u.s. has actually become more competitive, but that's a front on which we need to work. there is a -- the trouble is the political debate has not kept up with the reality. at it all about china. actually, china is no longer the core of that. it's a much broader set of countries. those need to be work on. i hope the next president, instead of not just crude china bashing but what to do to have a world that is no -- we don't have everybody trying to run a trade surplus, which the germans believe is possible but the rest of us don't. then the issue of trade and income inequality, and a lot of -- used to be we traded with countries that were similar. and that presumably had relatively effect on income. if you make -- if you send auto parts to canada and conditioned sends assembled cars back to the ute, that knowing going to make a difference. that it increased efficiency. now we do a lot of trading with countries that are substantially lowering and labor intensative products through skilled di
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and executed the attorney general as the u.s. senator senator cruce probably in the global governance movement it was a strongly elite movement. you mentioned the presidential foundations and universities of all schools, international lawyers. and so, my question would be a little more specific. what is the social base for the sovereignty movement. particularly what are the eletes in america for example that could be mobilized in order to resist and assert a sovereign view? >> i suppose the social base would be the counter elite in places such as this in the right think tanks and the activists and for example phyllis schlafly has been and is delete the interested who was probably the first effort on the movement back in the 1950's which failed by one vote and was promoted on the amendment was the american bar association which was the leading defender of american sovereignty at that time. they were close to the center in ohio who introduced this amendment as fairly complicated, but basically it's the treaty's couldn't trump the c
and executed the attorney general as the u.s. senator senator cruce probably in the global governance movement it was a strongly elite movement. you mentioned the presidential foundations and universities of all schools, international lawyers. and so, my question would be a little more specific. what is the social base for the sovereignty movement. particularly what are the eletes in america for example that could be mobilized in order to resist and assert a sovereign view? >> i suppose...
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the u.s. treasury. you remember that from the debate, right? no one asks, no one is answering that begin today, we got the confirmation from the romney campaign. now, what is this all about? and what does it have to do with the congo? i was reporting for bbc television and the guardian. when i found out that someone had figured out how to dip their hands, their claws into the foreign aid fund, the debt relief given to the republic of congo which is suffering a cholera epidemic. this money was intended to be used, $90 million intended to be used to in the cholera epidemic in the congo and yet it was waylaid by a bird of prey, a vulture, a vulture fund, a guide -- managed by a guy named paul singer. is other middle name is elliott. paul elliott singer who has accompanied by a good name of elliott management so i went up the congo river for abc television to find out what happened and i found elliott management had their claws around the cholera of money for the congo. we reported it on bbc telev
the u.s. treasury. you remember that from the debate, right? no one asks, no one is answering that begin today, we got the confirmation from the romney campaign. now, what is this all about? and what does it have to do with the congo? i was reporting for bbc television and the guardian. when i found out that someone had figured out how to dip their hands, their claws into the foreign aid fund, the debt relief given to the republic of congo which is suffering a cholera epidemic. this money was...
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furchtgott-roth was chief economist of the u.s. department of labor. she's also the author of the specialized of women's figures come a guide to the economic progress of women in america. please join me in welcoming senior fellow, it ansi one. [applause] >> thank you very much howard for that kind introduction and thank you all for coming. briefly you can be doing other things today but here you are listening to me talk about green jobs in the fallacies of green jobs. i like to thank the manhattan institute not only for supporting this research, but organizing this talk. i'd also like to thank a mechanical engineer who has built all around the world who is here in the basin and technical aspects of energy in the boat and who wrote the whole manuscript to check on the scientific details of it. well, this is an appropriate day for talking about regulation to disaster because less that president obama promised once more to develop the energy sources of the future. republican or democrat decides to develop energy projects, taxpayers had better watch out. g
furchtgott-roth was chief economist of the u.s. department of labor. she's also the author of the specialized of women's figures come a guide to the economic progress of women in america. please join me in welcoming senior fellow, it ansi one. [applause] >> thank you very much howard for that kind introduction and thank you all for coming. briefly you can be doing other things today but here you are listening to me talk about green jobs in the fallacies of green jobs. i like to thank the...
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when the u.s. attorney, mike garcia, asked me if i was interested in in the job, i was sort of giving excuses against going to washington, i was getting married, i was very happy, but finally when all those arguments had failed, i said in a very dramatic way, by the way, you know that i am, in fact, a registered democrat. and he kind of winced. i thought i had the killer when i came back and said and i contributed to barack obama just two weeks ago to his campaign. but it was not a political appointment, it was a merit appointment, and they just thought i had the right experience to protect this giant bailout from criminal fraud. so i think that's why i got the job. >> host: neil barofsky, when you look back at the legislation itself, what were some of the flaws in it, in your view? >> guest: you know, i think that what often happens, and it's understandable given, you know, the sense of emergency, that this was a hastily-drafted bill, but one of the problems it had a loot of policy goals in -- a l
when the u.s. attorney, mike garcia, asked me if i was interested in in the job, i was sort of giving excuses against going to washington, i was getting married, i was very happy, but finally when all those arguments had failed, i said in a very dramatic way, by the way, you know that i am, in fact, a registered democrat. and he kind of winced. i thought i had the killer when i came back and said and i contributed to barack obama just two weeks ago to his campaign. but it was not a political...
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from 2003-2005 diana furchtgott-roth was chief economist of the u.s. department of labor and also offered this past july of women's figures, a guide to economic progress of women in america. please join me in welcoming senior fellow diana furchtgott-roth. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction and thank all of you for coming. i am grateful you could be doing so many things today and coming to listen to me but here you are listening to me talk about green jobs. i would like to thank the man had an institute not only for supporting this research but organizing this talk. and john phillips, a mechanical engineer, all over the world who is here and advised me on technical aspects of energy in the book and to read the will manuscript to check on scientific details of it. this is an appropriate day for talking about "regulating to disaster" because president obama promised once more to develop the energy sources of the future. when any administration, republican or democrat decides to develop energy projects, taxpayers had better watch
from 2003-2005 diana furchtgott-roth was chief economist of the u.s. department of labor and also offered this past july of women's figures, a guide to economic progress of women in america. please join me in welcoming senior fellow diana furchtgott-roth. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction and thank all of you for coming. i am grateful you could be doing so many things today and coming to listen to me but here you are listening to me talk about green jobs. i...
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on the day of the impeachment vote in the u.s. senate as the senate has voted she is having an hour meeting with her campaign team about the new york campaign. in many respects she goes back and become the person she was as a student at yale. a centrist. consensus person building a bridges and listening to people and finding out what they want to have happen. she becomes an incredibly successful united states senator. t-bills bridges. her best friends, john mccain and lindsey graham. they are in a very different place. bill manages to come back. he always was an effective economic president. he almost redeems himself by bringing peace to the middle east. she is doing incredibly important work in new york but her life is -- she becomes in a sense an independent person one more time. they are still in love but now she is the person in charge and her career is at stake. we have never had this kind of story in the american white house. we have never had this kind of personal chemistry, personal chemistry which both incredibly and rich
on the day of the impeachment vote in the u.s. senate as the senate has voted she is having an hour meeting with her campaign team about the new york campaign. in many respects she goes back and become the person she was as a student at yale. a centrist. consensus person building a bridges and listening to people and finding out what they want to have happen. she becomes an incredibly successful united states senator. t-bills bridges. her best friends, john mccain and lindsey graham. they are...
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the american west, whose political actions prompted an american president to spend one fifth of the u.s. army to utah and two married some 55 wives along the way. if the story were fiction it would be utterly preposterous and require a rather intense suspension of disbelief and yet it was true. i thought i would share with you two episodes from berg brigham young's life that i think should -- shed some light on is rather complex personality and approach to leadership. the first is from november of 1847 on the banks of the missouri river and what at the time was indian territory. the previous several years had been traumatic and full of change for the church and for brigham young. joseph smith's murder first and foremost as a struggle for secession for brigham young, an additional 40 or so marriages, the expulsion of the latter day saints, the deaths of hundreds of mormon refugees on the trail west faced testing poverty and hunger. in the fall of 1847 however, there was cause for new optimism. the previous summer, young had led a group of nearly 150 pioneers to the salt lake valley, esta
the american west, whose political actions prompted an american president to spend one fifth of the u.s. army to utah and two married some 55 wives along the way. if the story were fiction it would be utterly preposterous and require a rather intense suspension of disbelief and yet it was true. i thought i would share with you two episodes from berg brigham young's life that i think should -- shed some light on is rather complex personality and approach to leadership. the first is from november...
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desperate for money, we owed a lot of money, the u.s. allowed enormous debt to britain and all most important export was a crop tobacco which had $30 million a year. jefferson had one problem. the most important and influential fraiman cord which the french aristocrats were all abolitionists and they couldn't understand how we fought the war for universal liberty without freeing the slaves and they kept asking when is america going to free the slaves? so he began making promises that the emancipation was just around the corner, he was eminent waiting for opinions to write them. none of this was true but it was in our interest for them to say that but oddly enough jefferson did and absorb some of this radical feeling in france, and before he left, he stepped down the plan and told people about it, he told thomas paine and a number of other abolitionists out there that when he got back to america he was going to train the slaves and settle them on land as sharecroppers in the certainty that they would become good citizens and about the wou
desperate for money, we owed a lot of money, the u.s. allowed enormous debt to britain and all most important export was a crop tobacco which had $30 million a year. jefferson had one problem. the most important and influential fraiman cord which the french aristocrats were all abolitionists and they couldn't understand how we fought the war for universal liberty without freeing the slaves and they kept asking when is america going to free the slaves? so he began making promises that the...
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i mean, i think brigham young's, the u.s. has cut thread really between the church and the country through expulsion. and the government feared to protect the rights of the latter day saints. medal in element were previously in missouri. so he leaves with a great deal of bitterness but the threat is not fully cut. there's a way in which young remains very much american, but insists that utah should have the right to operate with tremendous autonomy. and there were plenty of other westerners who consider territorial rule to be fundamentally anti-republican. people should always have the right to govern themselves, and that meant but out. in terms of big government, he certainly didn't want outside interference from washington. you know, he wasn't, you know, he wasn't a completely small government thinker in terms of within the territory of utah in terms of promoting internal improvements. it's perhaps, you know, a little bit of a difference. >> you know, i probably should've worded that better. let me rephrase that. he didn't
i mean, i think brigham young's, the u.s. has cut thread really between the church and the country through expulsion. and the government feared to protect the rights of the latter day saints. medal in element were previously in missouri. so he leaves with a great deal of bitterness but the threat is not fully cut. there's a way in which young remains very much american, but insists that utah should have the right to operate with tremendous autonomy. and there were plenty of other westerners who...
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mitt romney saying you won't see any sunlight between the u.s. and israel. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> guest: it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nation's that have the small majority in israel and our great country. and it's almost a mystical relationship when you think of how much support we have showered on israel and how much support we get back. it's due to the fact that this is not just jewish support, we're only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we have shared values, shared enemies and islamic terrorism that many people in the united states view israel as the holy land. not just jews, but non-jews as well. so it's a quite remarkable thing at a time when there is so much polarization between the republicans and democrats, it's one of the few foreign policy issues that actually unite democrats and republicans. >> host: the future of the jews is your book title provocative in any way, and do you mean it to be? >> guest: i mean it to be because the question is can a people who have survived c
mitt romney saying you won't see any sunlight between the u.s. and israel. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> guest: it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nation's that have the small majority in israel and our great country. and it's almost a mystical relationship when you think of how much support we have showered on israel and how much support we get back. it's due to the fact that this is not just jewish support, we're only 2% of the...
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the money was in the u.s. treasury in washington and he never had access to it. and it was only after that then, it was tied up in the courts. so how could he have used the money to free slaves and how did he have that option is no one is going to back off from this. i don't want to free my slaves. i'm confused how he had access to the funds. >> the will ended up in litigation because jefferson didn't act on it quickly enough. he had in his hand a letter from him saying that whatever you may hear from europe, my intention for my american funds remains fixed. meaning that his intelligences to have that money used by mr. jefferson to free mr. jefferson's slaves remained fixed. if mr. thomas jefferson walk in the court house carrying the will, carrying a letter saying i want it acted upon. you think the court is going to delay? well, only because jefferson didn't press it. he didn't want to press it. anything else? >> access to the money but john barns was a merchant in phil phil -- philadelphia were going in to a account which he helped authority pour of attorney.
the money was in the u.s. treasury in washington and he never had access to it. and it was only after that then, it was tied up in the courts. so how could he have used the money to free slaves and how did he have that option is no one is going to back off from this. i don't want to free my slaves. i'm confused how he had access to the funds. >> the will ended up in litigation because jefferson didn't act on it quickly enough. he had in his hand a letter from him saying that whatever you...
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we owed a lot of money, the u.s. owed an enormous debt to britain and their most important export was a slave raised crop. it was tobacco which brought in some $30 million a year. now, jefferson had one problem. the most important and influential friend he had import among the french aristocrats were all abolitionists and they couldn't understand how we could flog award for universal liberty without freeing the slaves and they put him under tremendous pressure. they kept asking him, when is america going to free the slaves? he began making promises that emancipation was really just around the corner. he was m&m. we are just waiting for white opinions to ripen. none of this was really true but it was in our interest for him to say that. but oddly enough jefferson really did absorb some of this radical feeling and before he left, heat set down a plan and told people about it. he told thomas paine and told william short and a number of other abolitionists over there that when he got back to america he was going to train
we owed a lot of money, the u.s. owed an enormous debt to britain and their most important export was a slave raised crop. it was tobacco which brought in some $30 million a year. now, jefferson had one problem. the most important and influential friend he had import among the french aristocrats were all abolitionists and they couldn't understand how we could flog award for universal liberty without freeing the slaves and they put him under tremendous pressure. they kept asking him, when is...
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why didn't the u.s. find out earlier? >> host: and for audience, this is taped in the middle of a cobra 2012. they are comparable to republican accusations about obama and libya and the perennial thinkable when you find any avenue of attack him you go with it. >> guest: thursday's strong political attacks from the right and after that. this is part of a kennedy is facing is trying to control the message. it's not just making kennedy look at. any president is going to want good price. anyone wants good press. so part of it is just trying to get good press, but in controlling the message is also trying to not let his critics to find him. if we think that through a little bit, what would've happened if republicans had turned this, instead of us remembering this is a kennedy victory, a great moment in america's cold war battle, but instead talk about how this is another bay of pigs. there's another weekend moment that he was negligent, any of those aspects. if you think about that, the implication for candy at the time work e
why didn't the u.s. find out earlier? >> host: and for audience, this is taped in the middle of a cobra 2012. they are comparable to republican accusations about obama and libya and the perennial thinkable when you find any avenue of attack him you go with it. >> guest: thursday's strong political attacks from the right and after that. this is part of a kennedy is facing is trying to control the message. it's not just making kennedy look at. any president is going to want good...
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i believe i have struggled against this distortion of the u.s. is both literal and symbolic place in the world all my life. we are close in age. so i wonder if you encounter the same perpetual distortion and subsequent challenge? you have 30 seconds. >> absolutely something i write about in don't know much about geography. specifically, most of us grew up with a certain, what is called, projection of the world. greenland looks like it is big, if up in africa. so, as things get turned around and given proportionally, i also included in thatb
i believe i have struggled against this distortion of the u.s. is both literal and symbolic place in the world all my life. we are close in age. so i wonder if you encounter the same perpetual distortion and subsequent challenge? you have 30 seconds. >> absolutely something i write about in don't know much about geography. specifically, most of us grew up with a certain, what is called, projection of the world. greenland looks like it is big, if up in africa. so, as things get turned...
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its high of on the hill and the u.s. capitol dome for the right it is really an amazing majestic view and it's open seven days a week, and the curator of the douglas contributed forward and this was important to me, too to make this book not just kind of -- to make active living histories of people that read the book if they've never been to the douglass house would say i want to go over there or if they haven't been there for a few years they can go back over and kind of revisit. >> he is the curator of the douglass house. >> he was the curator for many, many years. a very well-respected kind of a douglass community, and then dr. clifford who was the university archivist at the house contributed the foreword. john muller is the author of frederick douglass and washington, d.c. the line of anacostia. thank you very hatch. >> thank you. >> talks about the rise of the super rich the top .1% of the global population. and the impact they have in the world. the stock was hosted by politics and prose bookstore in washington, d
its high of on the hill and the u.s. capitol dome for the right it is really an amazing majestic view and it's open seven days a week, and the curator of the douglas contributed forward and this was important to me, too to make this book not just kind of -- to make active living histories of people that read the book if they've never been to the douglass house would say i want to go over there or if they haven't been there for a few years they can go back over and kind of revisit. >> he...
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i'm also a high school u.s. history teacher and my concerns the issue of secession. i've always found it interesting that the issue is apparently an open question at the time of the civil war. new england and the west for certain secession before the south actually did it. is there anything in historical record of the federalist papers that addresses whether the state could withdraw from the union after they ratified the constitution? >> guest: certainly not to my knowledge in the federalist papers. i think that when you go back and look, they were talking about creating a more perfect union. so when one thinks about a perfect union, one does not think about it being divisible. of course this issue is not settled in a constitutional until after the civil war, a case that is not as famous as some supreme court decisions. i believe it's either texas versus white or white versus texas, related to some bombs held that the state of texas. and that, solomon chase who had been in the lincoln at and is now is now the chief justice breaks definitively that no constitutional r
i'm also a high school u.s. history teacher and my concerns the issue of secession. i've always found it interesting that the issue is apparently an open question at the time of the civil war. new england and the west for certain secession before the south actually did it. is there anything in historical record of the federalist papers that addresses whether the state could withdraw from the union after they ratified the constitution? >> guest: certainly not to my knowledge in the...